Oenothera is a genus of about 145 [3] species of herbaceous flowering plants native to the Americas. [4] It is the type genus of the family Onagraceae. Common names include evening primrose, suncups, and sundrops. They are not closely related to …

Jun 17, 2024 · Evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) is a beautiful bloom that has both edible and ornamental uses. Learn to grow this lovely—yet feisty—garden plant.

Sundrops is a native, perennial, erect, day-flowering member of the evening primrose family. It is native to all parts of North Carolina except the high mountains, where although it is striking when seen along roadsides and in meadows, it never achieves the beauty possible under cultivation.

Oenothera biennis, the common evening-primrose, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Onagraceae, native to eastern and central North America, from Newfoundland west to Alberta, southeast to Florida, and southwest to Texas, and widely naturalized elsewhere in temperate and subtropical regions. [4]

Oct 23, 2023 · Oenothera is a genus of the Onagraceae family, often referred to as Evening primroses. These annual or perennial plants are admired for their charming, usually yellow …

Fragrant and showy, Oenothera biennis (Common Evening Primrose) is an erect biennial featuring large, bowl-shaped, lemon-scented, yellow flowers, up to 2 in. across (5 cm), at the top of a stiff, purple-tinged flower stem.

Oenothera speciosa, commonly called white evening primrose, features fragrant, bowl-shaped, four-petaled, white flowers (to 2-3” diameter) with yellow anthers that bloom from the upper leaf axils in spring (May-July).

When the shadows fall over the garden, the evening primrose plant unfurls its beguilingly fragrant yellow flowers. The biennial plant has made a name for itself as an ornamental, medicinal, and …

Oenothera–commonly called evening primrose– is a short-lived, clump-forming perennial with fragrant, saucer-shaped pure white flowers that age to pink. Leaves are spoon-shaped and deeply cut. Some Oenothera open in the late afternoon and close the …

An upright biennial in the Onagraceae family. It commonly grows in fields, prairies, glades, thickets, waste ground, disturbed sites, and along roadsides and railroad right-of-ways. This plant naturalizes easily and works well planted along boarders or makes an excellent addition to a wildflower, cottage, or herb garden.